Alliance Advisory Council

The Alliance Advisory Council is compromised of representatives from the Alliance collective partnership school districts.  The Council provides informed guidance to the Executive Director and the collective partnership members - reviews programmatic developments and provides feedback on activities.  The Council also responds to issues and concerns of the collective membership and acts as an advocate for the work of The Alliance and collective school district partnerships. 

Current Advisory Council Members:

• Nikki DiRanna, nikki.diranna@smusd.org, Administrator K-12 Curriculum Instruction Professional, San Marcos Unified School District
• Megan Arias, marias@carlsbadusd.net, Director, Secondary Education, Carlsbad Unified School District
• Joe Balleweg, jballeweg@tvusd.k12.ca.us, Director of Curriculum, Instructions & Assessment K-12, Temecula Valley Unified School District
• Mick Wager, mwager@murrieta.k12.ca.us, Secondary Coordinator Murrieta Unified School District
• Dr. Matt Doyle, mattdoyle@vusd.org, Superintendent, Vista Unified School District
• Mia Funk, mfunk@euhsd.org, Director, College and Career Readiness, Escondido Union High School District
• Mark Hailwood, hailwood.ma@vcpusd.org, Principal, Valley Center High School, Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District
• Brenda Hall, BrHall@sdcoe.net, Director, Southern California Professional Development Federation
• Kimberly Israel, kisrael@eusd.org, Coordinator, Community Outreach, Escondido Union School District
• TBD, Vallecitos School District
• Dr. Richard Lawrence, richard.lawrence@ousd.us, Director of Secondary Education, Oceanside Unified School District
• Kip Meyer, kip.meyer@leusd.k12.ca.us,  Assistant Superintendent, Student & Instructional Support Services, Lake Elsinore Unified School District
• Leonard Rodriguez, lrodriguez@fuesd.org, Director, Student Services/Instructional Technology, Fallbrook Union Elementary School District
• Emily Toone, etoone@fuhsd.net, Director of Curriculum and Instruction and ELD, Fallbrook Union High School District

CSUSM Members:

• Scott Hagg, shagg@csusm.edu, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management Services
• Cheryl Landin, clandin@csusm.edu, Student Success & Equity Analyst, Institutional Planning & Analysis
• Tishmall Turner, tturner@csusm.edu, Tribal Liaison, Community Engagement - Tribal Initiative
• Marlene Gracia, Mgracia@csusm.edu, Program Coordinator, Alliance College LINK Program, The Alliance
• Staff to Council:  Kathleen Corona, kcorona@csusm.edu, The Alliance